Ernest Humphrey
Short Story
10/21/06

It’s 20 seconds left on the game clock and my brother Jordan is driving down the court. We’re down by two points, so we need a 3-pointer to win. Jordan does a little crossover and then he passes the ball to me. 5….4….3…I shoot …….1 … ……burnnnnnnnnnnnn, and Dro shoots the 3-pointers and it’s good. We won state.
We head to the bus back home. There was a party on there, everyone jumping up & down chanting “We won! We won!”
All of a sudden, I hear a loud crash and I fall to the ground. I found out that we hit a car lying in the middle of the street. I guess the bus driver was in a hurry to get back home because he hit that car so hard that the bus wouldn’t start again. Our coach Mr. Clark & the bus driver got off the bus to check out the damage done.
“Man you messed up. You endangered me and my players, I know its not your fault that a car was in the middle of the street in the middle of nowhere, but I’m going to have to report you,” said Mr. Clark. “Can you get help using that radio on the bus?”
“That radio never worked”, said the bus driver. “I’m sorry”
“That’s pitiful”, Mr. Clark said. “I guess we got to go find some help.
Mr. Clark stepped back on to the bus and says, “Dro I’m going to leave you in charge until I get back. I’m going to go find help.”
“Ok,” I said. “I can handle that.”
So they leave and we wait for about an hour. Then I get off the bus and I tell the others,” “I’m going to go look for coach.”
So I get off the bus and start walking up the street. After 30 minutes I realize I have no clue where I’m going, so I head back.
When I get back, I notice that my team mates Derrick, Andrew, & my brother Jordan are missing, so I ask my friend Ernest where they went.
“They went looking for you” said Ernest
So I get off the bus and I see Andrew running up to the bus, with his shirt all bloody, and I also notice that his arm is missing.
“Andrew what happened?” I asked.
“We were…….. Looking for you and …….. Two guys jumped out as us……… and knocks us ………out” cried Andrew “They took us to……… a cabin a chopping they ……… got Derricks head off……. And my arm………. That’s all I remember………..” Then Andrew drops dead.
I wonder off into the forest in search of my brother, when I see a guy with a bloody shirt and an axe in his hand. So I run up and punch him in the face, which knocks him out. Then all of a sudden I feel a jolt of pain in my back and I see a blade going through my arm. I turn around and then I’m hit in the face………
I wake up chained up in a dark room. Then I hear a chainsaw go off and a guy walks in with it in his hand and starts laughing.
“Back off.” I said




He moves closer. Then I kick him in the chest. This makes him fall back.
“Let’s see how you feel without your legs,” said the mad-man. “Hahahahahahahahah”
Then he chopped off my legs and I pass out.
I wake up in the hospital thinking I had a bad dream. I reach down to feel my legs and they’re not there.
“Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww”
They never found out who the killers were. Now I’m handicapped for life, my basketball career is over. They say it’s a miracle how I survived. I’m just happy to still be breathing, but I’m the only survivor on my team. My brother, Coach Clark, the bus driver, & all my teammates were all found dead. They said that they found me lying in the middle of the street, bleeding my life away. Now I’m blessed to be alive, but I’m scared for life.


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